The Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the installation and maintenance of sanitary pad vending machines and other menstrual hygiene facilities across police stations in the national capital. The petition also claimed that the RTI replies showed there was no dedicated budget, policy, circular, standing order, or institutional mechanism governing menstrual hygiene infrastructure for women police personnel. It argued that women police personnel often perform long operational, investigative, and law-and-order duties without being able to leave their place of posting, making access to menstrual hygiene products and safe disposal facilities an essential workplace requirement. The plea further highlighted that the lack of such facilities also affects women visiting police stations as complainants, victims, witnesses, or visitors who may have to remain there for official proceedings. Describing menstruation as an unavoidable biological process, the petition said access to proper menstrual hygiene facilities is a fundamental aspect of health, dignity, privacy, sanitation, and the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution.